Sex TraffickingArchive 2008–2016

Sex Trafficking in Calgary, Alberta (2009)

A sex trafficking case from 2009 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

Linh Quy To, 52, has been charged with unlawfully keeping a common bawdy house, trafficking in persons, material benefit from trafficking in persons, conspiracy to commit an indictable offense, possession of property obtained by crime, and living of the avails of prostitution.

Response and intervention

Yes, charges laid. Calgary Police Services.

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